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Abe Vigoda. Actor: The Godfather. Tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered character actor Abe Vigoda proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing. Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lena (Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, a tailor -- both Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a tailor on the Lower East Side. He made his first stage appearance at ...
Jan 26, 2016 · Abe Vigoda, the lovably curmudgeonly actor known for his hangdog turns in "The Godfather" and the sitcoms "Barney Miller" and "Fish," died Jan. 26 in his sleep at his daughter's home in Woodland ...
Jan 27, 2016 · Abe Vigoda, the sad-eyed American actor best known for roles in The Godfather and the 1970s sitcom Barney Miller, has died, after famously spending three decades telling the world that he hadn’t.
Jan 27, 2016 · After “Godfather” triumphed in 1972, Vigoda was back to Broadway in Carl Reiner’s staging of “Tough to Get Help,” co-starring with future “Good Times” patriarch John Amos. Vigoda’s ...
Jan 27, 2016 · Now it says, Abe Vigoda is dead. There is even a song called "Abe Vigoda Is Dead." It's morbid, but it's praise for a character who made a big impression as Sal Tessio, a mafia henchman in the ...
Actor: The Godfather. Tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered character actor Abe Vigoda proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing. Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lena (Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, a tailor -- both Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a tailor on the Lower East Side.
Jan 26, 2016 · Character Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and the doomed Mafia soldier in ...
